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WorksheetsTechnology innovation and history
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Doug Engelbart was the inventor of what computer accessory? The first one was made from wood.
Keyboard
Mouse
Speaker
External hard drive
What does "TED" stand for in the context of the popularized TED Talks and Conferences?
Technology, Education, Design
Treat Everyone Decently
The Emperor's Decree
Technology Entertainment Design
Who is considered to be The Father of Artificial Intelligence?
John McAfee
John McCarthy
George Soros
Ron Rivest
What year did the first iPhone launch?
2007
1999
2005
2001
What cult British TV series focused on three members of the IT department at the fictional Reynholm Industries?
Devs
Department Of Truth
The IT Crowd
Silicon Valley
During Apple's 2017 presentation of its new line of iPhones it included their new form of biometric security and authentication under what name? Note we are looking for the actual brand name used by Apple for this feature.
Apple ID
Smart ID
Face ID
HID
Kevin Mitnick is widely regarded as one of the most well-known American computer hackers, starting with his 1981 escapades stealing computer manuals from Pacific Bell. His 1982 hack of the North American Defense Command (NORAD) inspired what 1983 film featuring Matthew Broderick?
CitizenFour
Blackhat
Terminator 2
WarGames
Paul Allen, an American billionaire who passed away in 2018, was the owner of the Portland Trailblazers (NBA), Seattle Seahawks (NFL), and a part owner of the Seattle Sounders (MLS). Before entering the world of sports ownership, Allen was best known for co-founding what company?
Microsoft
Erste
DELL
Oracle
Consisting of thousands of mass-produced small satellites in "low Earth orbit," what is the name of the "satellite internet constellation" that is being constructed by Elon Musk's SpaceX to provide satellite internet access? Naturally, the devices are primarily powered by solar panels.
Boring Company
SpaceLink
StarX
Starlink
What was the name of the controversial software surveillance system developed by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and used during investigations circa 2000–2002?
PRISM
Windows XP
Carnivore
FinSpy
Who is known as the father of computer graphics?
Timothy Paterson
Ivan Edward Sutherland
Leonard Adleman
Linus Torvalds
Which of these was the first large-scale electronic computer?
LEO
Project 2501
Colossus
Skynet
Who designed the high-speed computers known as supercomputers?
Seymour R. Cray
Larry Page
Alan Turing
Steve Jobs
An American company, founded by Olivier Pomel in 2010, that monitors cloud-scale applications through a SaaS-based data analytics platform, is Data (a) .
(Hint: Logo may helps.)
What English man was a mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer, and is largely considered the originator of the concept of a digital programmable computer?
John von Neumann
Adi Shamir
Charles Babbage
Isaac Newton
What technology helps make telephone calls over the Internet possible?
Bluetooth
VoIP
Ethernet
NFC
Which of these was consider as the first supercomputer?
Cray-1
Commodore 64
CDC 6600
All of them
What was the name of the chess-playing computer that made history when it defeated world champion Garry Kasparov in 1996?
Chess Master
Deep Blue
Chess Hero
Stockfish
The largest key on the Keyboard is (a) .
Created in 1990, what was the name of the first internet search engine?
Archer
DuckDuckGo
Archie
